New Zen microarchitecture details

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Vortex6700

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How exactly does it happen to be Intel's fault that during the entire, multi-year run of the 130nm and 90nm 'rule' of AMD's superior-performing Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 X2s, that AMD was 100% supply-constrained? AMD sold every single CPU they were able to make, and at a very nice price, I might add. As a matter of fact, they did so up until the day that the Intel Conroe uArch launched.

A mobilization charge (early money from a big recurring order) gives you the money do deal with supply chain issues.

Do you think intel really needed $64bil worth of felonies to take down a company like amd?

Edit: At first I agreed with you.
 
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How exactly does it happen to be Intel's fault that during the entire, multi-year run of the 130nm and 90nm 'rule' of AMD's superior-performing Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 X2s, that AMD was 100% supply-constrained? AMD sold every single CPU they were able to make, and at a very nice price, I might add. As a matter of fact, they did so up until the day that the Intel Conroe uArch launched.

It was actually the Athlon time when the strong arm tactic is most obvious, several motherboard manufacturer was scared to even announce or advertise I think. That is before the 1GHz race after Athlon was first introduced.

The 130nm and 90nm time is much better, at least you see all the DIYer motherboard for AMD being available, OEM excluded, there should be more A64 offering, mobile sure Centrino has an edge.

I think only the dual core X2 is supply constrained and flying off the shelves but short live, Northwood is still competitive to A64 single core, but the obvious purchase choice is clear though.

Signing out from off-topic out of these bait.
 

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How exactly does it happen to be Intel's fault that during the entire, multi-year run of the 130nm and 90nm 'rule' of AMD's superior-performing Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 X2s, that AMD was 100% supply-constrained?

Who is blaming intel for amd being supply constrained? Please quote them, I can't find it anywhere.
 

Glo.

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I think everyone has seen that posts .

Fottemberg said that AMD is in debugging mode of Zen. I think the prospect of October release of first Zen SKUs is reality, at this stage.

Shintai, I think you should read it properly, not based on your own expectations .
 

ShintaiDK

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Shintai, I think you should read it properly, not based on your own expectations .

Arh sorry. Zen is king and AMD will get 99% server share. 50$ stocks and billion $ profit every quarter!

Better? Did it align with your expectations?
 

Glo.

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Nope. Again, you based your post on what you thought are my expectations . Try again .
 
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A mobilization charge (early money from a big recurring order) gives you the money do deal with supply chain issues.

Do you think intel really needed $64bil worth of felonies to take down a company like amd?

Edit: At first I agreed with you.

Actually, Intel didnt need anything. AMD shot itself in the foot with Bulldozer and the huge over-payment for ATI, and still hasnt recovered. But somehow, I suppose you will blame Intel for that too.

And please be a bit more specific about those "felonies". At least in the US settlement, not saying intel did nothing wrong, but a settlement is certainly different from a "felony".
 

ShintaiDK

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Actually, Intel didnt need anything. AMD shot itself in the foot with Bulldozer and the huge over-payment for ATI, and still hasnt recovered. But somehow, I suppose you will blame Intel for that too.

And please be a bit more specific about those "felonies". At least in the US settlement, not saying intel did nothing wrong, but a settlement is certainly different from a "felony".

It was also Intels fault that AMD delayed 65nm, new uarch and was sure that Intel would never catch up while they was busy making PR slides like this

Did I mention Core 2 was simply overclocked Opterons?
 
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inf64

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I saw that post on S|A, very interesting.
Yep, Zen looks to be very solid in the IPC department. AMD still needs to get to some mid to high 3Ghz range since intel's lineup is there already. I hope they don't jack up the price on 8C/16T parts (a la 5690X).
 

AtenRa

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I hope they don't jack up the price on 8C/16T parts (a la 5690X).

If ZEN is only 95W TDP, they are not targeting the Intel HEDT market that is only a small niche (less that 1% of Intels sales) but the mainstream to high-end socket 1150.

That means a lot cheaper than Core i7 5690X.
 

itsmydamnation

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If the SA post is right, then it seems AMD already lost the performance/watt game.

maybe in your dream world, care to quote?

Arh sorry. Zen is king and AMD will get 99% server share. 50$ stocks and billion $ profit every quarter!

Better? Did it align with your expectations?

It was also Intels fault that AMD delayed 65nm, new uarch and was sure that Intel would never catch up while they was busy making PR slides like this

Did I mention Core 2 was simply overclocked Opterons?


looks like your in full defense mode, such a pity you cant give a single technical reason why Zen isn't matching perf/watt, or IPC or any other metric you choose as the flavor of the IDF day.

If ZEN is only 95W TDP, they are not targeting the Intel HEDT market that is only a small niche (less that 1% of Intels sales) but the mainstream to high-end socket 1150.

That means a lot cheaper than Core i7 5690X.

assuming approx comparable performance;

Depends, platform costs for a ZEN PC will lower, so even just a little cheaper or the same price can still be significantly better value for money. Intel would find it hardest to compete against a 6 core from a value perspective and easier on the high core count HEDT cpus.
 
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itsmydamnation

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http://semiaccurate.com/forums/showpost.php?p=257682&postcount=2112

So unless they somehow beat Intel in IPC, the performance/watt train is departed.

Or its an Engineering sample, you know the ones for testing and validation of platforms. Would you bin Engineering sample's you send out? Im guessing not you just run them at a high voltage to get maximum number of full dies and start sharing them.

So im sure you have comparable ~A0 engineering sample data from other CPU's when you made your analysis....... care to share
 

ShintaiDK

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Or its an Engineering sample, you know the ones for testing and validation of platforms. Would you bin Engineering sample's you send out? Im guessing not you just run them at a high voltage to get maximum number of full dies and start sharing them.

So im sure you have comparable ~A0 engineering sample data from other CPU's when you made your analysis....... care to share

You are not running an ES sample way above final specifications, even as A0.

Actually, find me any A0 sample that ran with a higher voltage than retail. And remember, ES samples have been sold in large amounts over time. Including A0 versions. Broadwell-EP being the latest.

 
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itsmydamnation

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i never said higher then specification. I said you wouldn't bin them and set a high voltage, that will throw any perf/watt comparison right out the window.
 

ShintaiDK

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i never said higher then specification. I said you wouldn't bin them and set a high voltage, that will throw any perf/watt comparison right out the window.

Do you have any evidence that this ever happened? I have provided you with a A0 Broadwell-EP example. Your move.
 

itsmydamnation

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Do you have any evidence that this ever happened? I have provided you with a A0 Broadwell-EP example. Your move.

You provided a core that has been in what 4 SOC's on the same process before Broadwell EP and then compare it to the first A0 for a completely new Core, on a new for AMD process, your comparison is not even remotely comparable.


here is zambizi

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aS-QScAfdR4/maxresdefault.jpg

stock was normally around 1.375
 

ShintaiDK

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You provided a core that has been in what 4 SOC's on the same process before Broadwell EP and then compare it to the first A0 for a completely new Core, on a new for AMD process, your comparison is not even remotely comparable.


here is zambizi

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/aS-QScAfdR4/maxresdefault.jpg

stock was normally around 1.375

Did you note the clock?

Also you should check the actual voltage on retail parts.



So I am affraid you have to try again.

On the other hand, this is for the Broadwell-EP retail.
 

Vortex6700

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Actually, Intel didnt need anything. AMD shot itself in the foot with Bulldozer and the huge over-payment for ATI, and still hasnt recovered. But somehow, I suppose you will blame Intel for that too.

And please be a bit more specific about those "felonies". At least in the US settlement, not saying intel did nothing wrong, but a settlement is certainly different from a "felony".


Right, and OJ didn't do it.

Would someone please explain why they feel ok buying intel after seeing everything they've done, because right now it's pretty obvious that the reason people still buy intel is that they don't care what companies do at thier expense.

I am sorry for the off topic, but I believe the uarch is irrelevant as intel will dominate the market even if amd were to make 2x better cpu and had a competent BOD. Thus amd would not be able to afford to engineer a competitive cpu the next go around.
 
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